Manifolding-book



(No Model.)

H. WHITFIELD. MANIFOLDING BOOK.

No. 606,321. Patentd June 28, 1898.

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HOYVARD VVIIITFIELD, OF RED BANK, NEW" JERSEY.

MANlFOLDlNG-BOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 606,321, dated June 28, 1898. Application filed 1 1 1 16, 1897. Serial No- 655/l00. (No model.)

To alt whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HOWARD WHITFIELD, of

the town of Red Bank, countyof Monmouth, and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Manifold-Copying Books,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to manifold-copying books, and has for its object to provide a means by which manifold-copyin g and letterwriting may be had without destroying or wrinkling the paper and to increase the rapidity with which the Work may be carried on.

In the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, my invention is fully illustrated, with similar letters of reference to indicate corresponding parts, as follows:

Figure 1 represents a perspective View of my improved pad, in which a represents the foundation or board upon which the m anifoldbook rests, and 0 represents the foundationleaf. cl represents the carbon-leaf. Fig. 2 represents the manifold-book Z). Fig. 3 represents the frame e which holds the carbonsheet. Fig. 4 represents the carbon-sheet; and Fig. 5 represents the method of securing the frame 6 to the rod h, which will be hereinafter explained.

I-Ieretofore it has been the custom in manifold letter-writing to employ a single pad of manifold-paper and insert between them at the proper place a suitable foundation-pad of cardboard or otherlight substance, after which the paper to be written on is placed upon the foundation-piece and the sheet of carbon-paper is applied and over that the manifold-paper. In doing this either or all of the sheets may become wrinkled or folded, which not only destroys the copy, but also tends to destroy the carbon for further use, as the wrinkles can rarely be straightened out. Another disadvantage is the fact that the carbon-paper always marks the fingers more or less while being handled, and notwithstanding that paper is often made with a blank space around its edge it is quite impossible to handle the carbon without its smutting oif on the fingers, all of which is obviated by the use of my present invention, which is constructed as follows:

As shown in Fig. 1, a foundationpiece, as ct, is made from a piece of board the desired thickness and size. On the edge of this piece of board, as shown at nand n, are two hingepieces, through which a red, as h, is inserted. Hinged loosely upon this rod, as shown at c, is a foundation-leaf, which may be made of tin, aluminium, or heavy oiled paper. Upon the same rod is also hinged the carbon-carry ing frame (2, within. which the carbon d is contained. The manifold-bookb (shown in Fig. 2) is composed entirely of manifold-paper properly paged and numbered for ready reference, to. On the edge of the manifold-book, through its bound portion, are two holes, as s s, which are adapted to fit over the pins 3, the small nuts on the head of the pins s be ing easily detachable, so as to insert the book in place, after which they are again screwed on to hold the book firmly.

In manifold-writing with this improved pad the process is simply to close the foundationleaf 0 under the desired leaf of the manifoldbook, then lay the paper upon which the writing is desired upon the foundation-leaf, after which by means of the small handle w on the end of the rod h the carbon-leaf can be closed on top of the paper to be written on. A manifold-leaf from the book h is then folded on top of the carbon, and the whole is ready for use. After the manifold-book b is filled with writing it can be detached and filed away in the usual order and a new one inserted in its stead.

Relative to the construction of the mechanical portion I would simply say that a clamp piece, as 12, (shown in Fig. 5,) is mounted upon the rod h, containing a small set-screw, by which the carbon-frame 6 may be held in place. I would further say that the carbonpaper is made with a reinforced edge, as y, Fig.4, and is adapted to be laid within the frame c.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

1. In a manifold-copying device the board a provided with the foundation-leaf c and frame 6, hinged to one side of the board a by? means of the rod h, the frame e carrying the carbon d in combination with a suitable pad as a secured to the opposite side of the board a, substantially as described.

21 The grooved carbon-carrying frame a hinged to the board a by means of the detachable clamps v and rod h in combination With a manifold book or pad as b and foundation-leaf c, substantially as set forth.

3. In a manifo1d-copying device the carboncarrying frame 6, having its edges grooved as described, in combination With a carbonsheet having its edges reinforced to hold it within the said frame, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing improvement in manifold-eopyin g pads,as above described, I have hereunto set my hand this 22d day of September, 1897.

HOWARD WVI'IITFIELD.

Witnesses:

C. L. MALCOLM, J. H. BELL. 

